Improvement in ornamenting and marking wheels



v F. TUCHFARBER.

Ornamenting and Marking Wheels. 7 No. I68,H5.. PateritedSept. 28,I875.

- UNITED TATES FRANK TUOHFARBER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENTINORNAMENTING AND MARKING WHEELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,115, datedSeptember 28 1875; application filed June 30, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK TUOHFAR'BER, of the city of Oincinnati,in thecounty of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in. Ornamenting-Press, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention relates to devices for marking or orn amcntin g, byprinting, moldings, frames, toilet ware and safes, and the like; alsofor printing and etching on glass and metals.

The invention consists, first, of the roller for doing the printingormarking, in connection with devices for inking the same.

The second part of my invention, supplemental to this part of myinvention, is the arrangement of the roller and inking devices in such'a manner that the said roller and devices can be propelled by hand overthe object to be marked or printed upon. -When thus constructed it canbe made to print upon any surface, level or round, or composed of anumber of sides.

v The third part of my invention, which is also supplemental to thefirst part of my invention, consists in the combination of the rollerand inking devices withcertain other devices, whereby the roller isstationary, and the stuff or article to be marked or printed on ispassed along under the roller. The fourth part of my invention consistsin the combination, with the roller, of a gage, which enables theroller, &c.,when propelledforward by hand,'to always be guided in astraight line over the thing to be marked. The fifth part of myinvention consists in a register of novel construction, and in thecombination of the same with the roller and the frame supporting theroller, in such a manner that'the roller may always begin printing at acertain desired point upon its periphery, and .thus enabling theOperator to cause the thing to be marked or printed, to be marked orprinted in two or more colors.

In the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, andto which reference is hereby'made, Fig. 1 represents a machine formarking, &c., and embodying my invention, the handle for propelling theroller, 'j 860., being omitted; and Fig. 2 shows the roller, a part ofthe frame thereof, the gage for guiding the roller, and the handle forpropelling it, the devices for inking the roller and the register beingomitted from the view.

A designates the roller, turning with its axis a. Each end of the latteris pointed, and rotates in the concave end of a set-screw, b, whichlatter is screwed into the side B; of the frame. The periphery of thisroller, in whole or in part, is covered with rubber or other flexibleelastic composition, embossed with the pattern which the operatorintends to print upon the thing to be marked. The inking device, aspreferably constructed, consists of ink-fountain G. upperdistributing-roller J, lower distributing-roller I, and inking-roller H.The frame B, at rear, has on each side three branches, B B B branch B atits upper end, having a slot, 1, open at one end for the reception andretention of the end of the rod which supports the ink-fountain, branchB having at its upper end a slot, j, open at one end to receive andsupport one end of the spindle of distributing-roller J, and branch Bhaving at its rear end a slot, '5, open at the rear to receive and holdin position the end of the spindle of distributing-roller I. A slot, h,

in the side of the frame receives one end of I the spindle ofinking-roller H.

These slots H h, for the reception of the spindles of the distributingand inking rollers, are so long that when the rollers are injuxtaposition, and the inking-roller is press= ing against the peripheryof the printing roller A, none of the spindles will touch the lends oftheir respective slots. The spindles of the distributing and inkingrollers are pre vented from slipping out of their respective slots, andthese rollers themselves are keptpressed against each other by means ofthe triangle of spiral springs connecting the spindles of thedistributing-rollers. Roller J is kept pressing against roller I bymeans of spring K connecting the ends of the spindles of these rollers.Roller I is kept pressed against roller H by means of spring Kconnecting the ends of the spindles of these rollers. Rollers H and Jare kept pressedtogether by means of spring K connecting the ends of thespindles of these rollers. The

inking-roller H is kept pressed against the printing-roller A by meansof spring K con nected to the end of the spindle of roller H, and to ahook, or the like, in the frame in front of roller H, and strainedbetween the two points of connection.

The device for registering-that is, for causing the roller to alwayscommence to print at a desired point upon its periphery-is substantiallyas follows, viz: The frame M M is pivoted or each side of frame B, atthe front end of the part M, to the side B of frame B. The top of frameM has sleeves q, the latter, when the frame M is closed down, having avertical position. Through each sleeve passes a needle, Q, the needlesbeing attached at-the upper or eye and to a common plate, Q. In the topof frame M is attached a small upright post, 0', which extends upthrough the plate Q far enough to enable the needles to be disengagedfrom the perforated stops U of roller A without the late Q coming offthe top of the post A spriral spring, R, is placed around the post 0*,and between the top of the frame M and the plate Q. This springR is ofsufficient length and power to raise the needle out of the holes in theperforated stops U. A stop, S, in post 0", above the plate Q, preventsthe spring R from throwing the plate Q 0d the top of post 4".

The construction of the gage, for causing the printing-roller to followa straight line, is as follows, viz: A strip of metal, D, slotted forthe greater portion of its length, the length of the slot being in thedirection of the length of the strip, is provided with a flange, d, theflange being in cross-section at right angles to the metal strip. Thisstrip of metal fits under and parallel to the forward end of the frameB, and the flange d fits against the front side of'the forward end ofthe frame B.

A couple of set-screws, e e, passing through the slot in the strip D,are screwed into the bottom of the forward end of frame B. That end ofthe strip which is designed to hold the upright bar E ofthc gage, isprovided with an upright flange, f, the flange f and the strip making aright angle with each other. The upright bar E is slotted for thegreater portion of its length,-and is secured to the flange f by aset-screw, g, the stem of which, passing through the slot, screws intothe flange f.

A second gage is provided,precisely like the one just described, exceptthat the flange f and barE are at that end of the second flange which isopposite to that end of the firstflange which has flange f and bar E.Both gages may be and preferably are attached in ordinary use of theprinting-roller to the frame B, the strip D and flanges f of the gageslying the one over the other, and the set-screws e holding them inposition, and permitting the gages to be properly adjusted. Z designatesa pin or stub, firmly fixed in the end of the frame B, which enters acavity in the end of handle F, the

latter being secured in place upon the stub by means of a set-screw, t,passing through the handle.

When the ornamenting-press is used with the handle, the adjustment andoperation of the several parts thereof are as follows: The fountain G isfilled with ink. The handle F is firmly attached to the frame by meansof the stub Z and setscrews heretofore mentioned. The gage, if it is tobe employed, is now set first by moving the flanged end f of the strip Dout from the side of frame B sufficiently far to enable 'the bar E tobear against that part of thing to be marked which is used as a guide.The set-screw e is then tightened and the strip secured in position'.The bar E is then adjusted verticallyand set in position by means of theset-screw g, so that the bar shall bear against that which is to beemployed as a guide. The operator then passes each needle Q through thehole in the stub U, by pressing down the plate Q.

He next places the roller A upon the object to be printed upon or'marked, releases his pressure on the plate Q, which immediately,through the elasticity of spring B, rises and withdraws the needles fromthe holes in the stubs U, and leaves the roller A free to return. Hethen pushes the roller forward, seeing that the bar E of the gage bearsproperly against the thing employed as a guide. The ink in the fountainflows on to the roller J, thence onto rollers I and H. The latter inksthe printing-roller A, which in turn marks or prints upon the objectunder the roller the figure embossed or out upon the periphery of thelatter. After a suflicient number of objects have been printed, shouldit be desired to print figures of other colors into figures alreadyprinted, the operator unscrews one of the set-screws b, removes theroller A, and substitutes therefor another roller, bearing on itsperiphery the device to be printed in the new color, and securing thelatter roller in position by tightening the set-screws b. The stubs Uupon this second roller are so placed as that, when the needles arethrough the holes in them, the figure on that part of the periphery ofthe roller which is then undermost is the proper one to begin printingthe new color into the figure already printed.

The ink-fount is to be changed, and, if necessary, the inking-rollersalso are to be changed. This change can be easily and quickly effected,the slots presenting no obstacle to the change. Should that class ofobject be for marking, which requires no 'accuracyas to whether one oranother part of the periphery of the roller shall first be presented,the registering device may be dispensed with. Where the article to bemarked is very irregular the gage may be temporarily unnecessary. It is,however, of great value in enabling the operator to print the figureofthe roller in a straight line.

When it becomes, for any reason, desirable to make the press stationaryalarge fiat plate or surface, 2, is provided. Into this are screwed twouprights, 0, each of which passes through a horizontal arm, 3, fixed onthe outside of the side B of the frame B, and projecting therefrom atright angles to the latter. A set-screw,

, N, screwing through the end of each arm, bears against the post andfixes the arm 3 at the height desired. The posts 'are steadied by beinglet through a plate, P, at their top, which latter rests on shouldersformed on the posts a little below their tops. The plate P is securedfrom slipping 0E the posts by nuts screwing onto the top of the postsabove the plate. 'A hole is cut through the plate 2 immediately belowthe roller A, and the frictionrollers are so suspended below the platein pillow-blocks W that the upper portion of the periphery of the rollerprojects above the top of the plate sufficiently to engage and carryalong any object placed on the plate 2 and pressed againstthe roller V.This roller V is either rotated bya crank, Y, attached to its axis or byother power.

The mode in which the press operates when thus adapted is as follows:The object-roller A is set sufficiently near the roller V to .en-

able the two rollers to press gently the article which is to be printedupon. This setting of roller A is accomplished by loosening thesetscrews N inthe arms 3 and sliding the frame along under the roller A,the latter mean while printing the desired figure on the upper surfaceof the object. The registering device is here to be employed for thesame purpose, and in the same way as when the press is propelledby-hand.

The gage may be employed to steady and guide the article to be printedupon as it passes to and between the rollers.

The precise construction of the inking device herein shown as to numberof rollers. &c., is not deemed material to the present invention. Ifpreferred, one of the needles of the registering device may be dispensedwith, one needle being capable of holding the roller A at the desiredpoint at which to begin inarkmg.

The roller A when propelled by hand, may

be employed without the devices for inking it,

and it may be inked by rolling it on an inked surface. In such event,however, either the registering device or the gage are still of value inconnection with the roller.

What I claim as new, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hand ornamenting-press, the combination of roller A, with devicefor inking it, arranged substantially as described, roller V, plate 2,and registering apparatus Q, for the purposes set forth.

2. In a hand ornamenting-press, the combination of roller A, with devicefor inking it, arranged substantially as described, roller V, plate2,'and adjustable uprights O, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a hand ornamenting-press, the con1- bination of roller A, withdevice for inking it, arranged substantially as described, roller V,plate 2, registering apparatus Q, and uprights O, for the purposesspecified.

FRANK TUOHFARBER.

Attest WM. R. FEE, D. P. KENNEDY.

